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February 2020
Feb 18, 2020 | 6:00 pm
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández — Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants
Please join us at Roosevelt House as we welcome César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, associate professor of law at the University…
Feb 18, 2020 | 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Best-Selling Author Series: Sigrid Nunez
Ms. Nunez’s recent novel, The Friend, was an instant New York Times bestseller. It won the 2018 National Book Award…
Feb 25, 2020 | 6:00 pm
Craig Fehrman — Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and The Books They Wrote
Please join us at Roosevelt House as we welcome journalist and historian Craig Fehrman to discuss his well-received new book,…
March 2020
Mar 3, 2020 | 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Best-Selling Author Series: Dorie Clark
Forbes named Entrepreneurial You one of the Top 10 Business Books of the Year in 2017, and Forbes.com endorsed Reinventing…
Mar 9, 2020 | 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Best Selling Author Series: Meg Wolitzer
She is The New York Times best-selling author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, Sleepwalking, and…
Mar 10, 2020 | 9:00 am - 10:15 am
The Impact of Food on Academic Behavior, Attendance, Performance and Attrition
The Impact of Food on Academic Behavior, Attendance, Performance and Attrition Panelists: Cara Cuite, PhD, Assistant Extension Specialist, Department of…
Mar 31, 2020 | 9:00 am - 10:15 am
Food, Food Insecurity, and Mental Health
Food, Food Insecurity, and Mental Health Panelists: Michael Burke, PhD, MPH, Social Science Research Analyst, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food…
April 2020
Apr 1, 2020 | 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Great Thinkers Series: Karen Olsson and Eileen Pollack
Don’t miss this lively discussion focusing on Ms. Olsson’s stirring memoir-biography, The Weil Conjectures, which eloquently explores math as it…
May 2020
May 5, 2020 | 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Great Thinker Series: Ned Block
This internationally respected philosopher’s specialty is philosophy of the mind, and he has made significant contributions to understanding consciousness and…
